The cost and benefits of the Navy Nurse Corps accession sources

Abstract

The study analyzes the various Navy Nurse Corps accession sources' costs- and benefits. The study also uses a logistic regression to model "success." "Success" is defined as the ability to retain past initial obligation or the five-year point. Specific accession sources examined are the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC), Nurse Commissioning Program (NCP), Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program (MECP), direct procurement, and previous programs such as the Health services Commissioning Program (HSCP), Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program (BDCP), and Full-Time Out-Service Training (FTOST). Cohort files for FY 1992, 1993, and 1994 were developed from Navy Officer Master Files maintained at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), and the Naval Medical Information Management Center's (NMIMC) Bureau of Medical Information System (BUMIS) database. The findings indicate that both males and individuals that entered the NC through the MECP were more likely to retain. The NROTC program costs $86,000, the most expensive source, and has the lowest retention rate, 47.1 percent. The MECP costs $74,781 and has the best retention rate, 90.2 percent The NCP costs $30,045 and has a 61.2 percent retention rate.